Word for 2020: s i m p l i c i t y

I am a little late with my word of the year but it has been in my head since the beginning.  I really want to simplify this year.  Simplify the clutter, simplify the activities, simplify our life.  Just simplify and live a more minimalist lifestyle.  So much of life is trying to keep up with other’s and I don’t want that nor do I want the kids to see that.  I want both of them to be themselves and realize they can do so much more with less, so much less.

So here’s to being more s i m p l e in 2020.

Prayer – “a devout petition to God or an object of worship.”

Focus – “a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:”

Each year I try to pick a word to focus on for the next 365 days.  This year I picked two words.  Prayer & Focus.  2017 has been a whirlwind- from giving birth, to learning to mama, to figuring out my new ‘job’, I have not been as in-tune as I wish.  This year I intend to work on my daily devotions and prayer life.  Balancing full time motherhood with quiet time has been a larger challenge than I thought it would be and I want to do much better.  I need to have Jesus time each and every day and I am still not exactly sure what that looks like when I have a little human who thinks naps are not a positive addition to her day.

In addition, miss k is growing and growing and I don’t want to blink and miss it.  I want to focus on each day for what it is – the good and the bad.  I want to focus on the struggles of learning this whole parenting thing while loving each and every stage she is in.  She is growing so fast and I think I am finally getting a rhythm down and I want to focus on it until I loose it!

Welcome from Ladybug Blessings! I feel like I needed a change for blogging and so welcome to Petersons in Texas.  I have changed the blog a bit and while I still have an archive of Ladybug Blessings up (here) I felt that I needed a change.  So, if you went to Ladybug Blessings expecting to be there, welcome!  Same blogger, new blog!

Welcome to my new blog!  I have had Ladybug Blessings (now moved to an archive site) for years and was wanting to move to a more personal site with a fresh look and start.  Previously my hand-stamped jewelry was Ladybug Blessings and I updated that to K. Peterson Designs last year and so it was time for a new blog as well!  I am not sure where this blog will take me but I have to start somewhere.  It will be our life, crafts, favorite finds, and everything in between!  I see blogging as a way to keep a journal of sorts and I do much better at it than keeping an actual journal… so here goes!